Ranked #51 in popularity, pharmacy is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Pharmacy Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 404 degrees in pharmacy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The pharmacy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Pharmacy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pharmacy Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the pharmacy degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in pharmacy needs to look into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 155 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
Campbell University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in pharmacy. Campbell is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Buies Creek. This university ranks 23rd out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 97 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in pharmacy has to look into High Point University. Located in the medium-sized city of High Point, High Point is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #865 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means High Point is a great university overall.
There were approximately 71 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at High Point in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Wingate University if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Wingate is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Wingate. This university ranks 36th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 81 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Wingate in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).